Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 70 Fossils turn into mud?

After spending some time, Zeus told his chief clerk about the relevant matters of the Banshee. As for the Banshee's specific abilities and the symbiotic contract, he did not explain them in detail. This was his trump card, and it would be more effective if it was hidden.

Alexi's mouth opened wide when he heard this. He and Zeus came to Castel together, and at that time he hadn't even prepared the paperwork on the island. How could Zeus have already gained the loyalty of an extraordinary race?

As a graduate of the Imperial Army Academy, Alexei had naturally heard of the extraordinary people. This group of people was very mysterious. Although they were powerful, they hardly participated in worldly affairs and would not go to the battlefield. The imperial military had very few interactions with them.

Alexi was shocked that there were extraordinary beings in his territory, and in groups at that.

Of course, what surprised him even more was that this group of extraordinary races were actually willing to participate in worldly affairs.

The Candlelight Society's churches stood in almost every corner of the empire, but almost no one had ever seen their extraordinary people. Only when the White Crow Duchy in the north was about to be destroyed by the White Disaster did extraordinary people occasionally appear.

If these Banshees could be thrown onto the battlefield
Alexei couldn't help swallowing.

"They are my subjects and have the right to choose their own future. Unless there is an emergency that endangers Castel, I will not recruit them." Hughes glanced at him and saw what he was thinking.

Zeus does not intend to rely on the Banshee on the battlefield. Defending their homeland is everyone's responsibility, but when it comes to foreign wars, Zeus still plans to develop industry on his own.

Telepathic links are powerful, but radio works just as well. Magic is good, but planes and battleships are no disadvantage either.

Since he has no intention of becoming a god, he will believe in the power of mortals.

Human beings are a great race, and he is always willing to believe in humans.

"Anyway, let's not talk about these distant topics. I'll tell you in detail about the pollution. Have a piece of candy. Although you probably know a lot, it's still better to be careful when facing cognitive barriers."

"it is good"

After a story.

"This is pollution. As you know, there are two parts: physical pollution and cognitive pollution."

It has been verified that conceptual pollution can be transformed into physical pollution under certain conditions, but it is not known whether physical pollution can pollute concepts.

Zeus narrowed his eyes. The information he knew now was still not enough. There were still too many unknowns in this interesting world waiting for him to explore.

"There's a lot of pollution right now, stored in the caves on the east side of Castel Island. It's very desolate over there, and no one would go there. I've also asked Connor to arrange for someone to guard it."

"Of course, there are also banshees guarding in secret."

Over in the grotto, he had deposited the pollution in a hollow, which was almost all the physical pollution brought about by the cognitive interference of soap and nitroglycerin, and the amount was quite terrifying.

"You must be careful not to send anyone nearby. Beyond that, there's nothing else to do. Restore production at the soap and olive oil factories as quickly as possible. I'll find a way to train more qualified workers quickly and get the nitroglycerin factory up and running again as quickly as possible."

"Okay, my Lord, what are your plans regarding the pollution?"

"It's not really a plan, it's just a guess."

Hughes took the notebook from Alexi and put it back in his pocket.

"Monica was previously blessed by a large amount of pollution and gained tremendous power. Does this mean that this pollution contains a lot of..."

".energy?"

Alexei's eyes slowly opened wide.

In the cave of the banshees.

"These are the magics we possess."

Ash handed Hughes some papers.

"Actually, I'm a little curious. Your magic cannot be learned by other races, so can you learn and use it among each other?"

Hughes asked as he flipped through the book. "We can share some experience, but we can't teach someone who doesn't know this magic to learn it out of thin air."

"So, the Banshee, who doesn't have any magic, can only wait for time to pass, and then suddenly one day she will master these spells, and then through hard practice, she will gradually become proficient, right?"

"Yes."

It seems that this magical ability is closer to some kind of instinct.

"Okay, Ash, please release the magic on them one by one and let me see the effect."

"As you wish."

Ash swung his snake tail and stepped forward.

A moment later—

Xius rubbed his eyebrows and paced slowly.

The magic of these banshees really shocked him. Some offensive magic was fine, as it was within his comprehension range, but what was the principle behind the one that summoned the sea snake?
He didn't feel anything when he was playing games on Blue Star, but it was completely different when this happened in front of him.

A sea snake appeared out of nowhere and circled around Ash several times under his control. Hughes asked Ash to stop controlling it, and the sea snake came to his feet with some curiosity, rubbed his feet tentatively, and looked up to see his reaction.

This is a real, intelligent being, created out of thin air by magic! ?
Not to mention, following Ash's command, the sea serpent simply vanished.

Zeus looked at the open space in front of him, then looked at Ash not far away.

Does this comply with the law of conservation of energy?

"My Lord, the sea snake is not actually a physical entity. I used magic." She got stuck in the middle of her sentence and gestured hard with her six hands.

"Your magic power shaped its form, so when you withdraw your magic power, its form will naturally disappear?"

"Yes!"

This spell should be very useful, but Zeus couldn't think of it for a moment. He looked at the spell list on the paper again.

"Can this fossilized mud be released on steel?"

"Not really. I tried it, and it didn't work."

Hughes once wanted to try making a steam engine by hand, but he got stuck at the stage of making parts. He had tried his best to divide the parts of the steam engine as finely as possible, but some things just couldn't be made.

For example, cylinders.

This is the core part of the steam engine. Steam enters the cylinder and pushes the piston inside to move. This part has two requirements: a smooth interior and no air leakage.

Strength and other issues could even be put on the back burner; he could simply thicken the cylinder wall to ensure it, but he could not meet these two requirements no matter what.

The most normal way to process this kind of integral pressure-bearing component is to use a boring tool on a lathe to dig a hole in the middle of a whole piece of metal, which is far beyond the processing capabilities of a blacksmith shop. If it is manufactured in two parts and then put together, although the inside can be polished smooth relatively easily, it is absolutely impossible to use it as a cylinder, and it will not be able to seal or bear pressure well.

As for casting, Castel Island simply does not have the ability to cast such large parts, but it may be barely possible in the Rhine.

This is the upper limit of material processing technology in this era, and he has to try to find a breakthrough in magic.

"Why not?" Xiu Si frowned and muttered to himself.

"Because it turns fossils into mud," Ash said matter-of-factly. "It only works on stone."

"Iron ore is also stone. Can it work on iron ore?"

Ash was stunned.

(End of this chapter)